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News Articles: World

A demonstration in support of European Union integration, in Chișinău, Moldova, May 21, 2023.

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  • World

Moldova accuses Russia of meddling ahead of its elections and an EU referendum

Moldovans will vote for a new president and on a constitutional amendment regarding its path to the EU. Both votes will take place amid accusations of Russian meddling, vote buying and disinformation.

October 19, 2024
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By:
  • Will Baxter
A person drives a classic American car past a floating generator that has not been producing electricity for days in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Oct. 18, 2024.

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  • World

Cuba plunged into an island wide blackout as power grid fails

Cuban government declares an "energy emergency" after the failure of one of its few power plants plunges it into an island wide blackout.

October 18, 2024
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By:
  • Emily Green
Yahya Sinwar, a founder of Hamas' military wing, talks during a rally in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, in 2011.

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  • World

What does Yahya Sinwar's death mean for the Middle East?

What does the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar mean for the war in Gaza and the region beyond, and will it revive the chances of cease-fire and the release of the remaining hostages?

October 18, 2024
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By:
  • Daniel Estrin and
  • Willem Marx
GPB  NPR

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  • News

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar is dead. Can Israel seal a hostage deal now?

The leader of Hamas, Yahya Sinwar, is dead, the Israeli military confirmed. This leaves behind very important questions about what is next for the group and whether a cease-fire deal could progress.

October 18, 2024
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By:
  • Brittney Melton
Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla wave to the crowds as they arrive by carriage in the parade ring on the third day of the Royal Ascot, horse race meeting, traditional known as Ladies Day, at Ascot, England, on June 20, 2024.

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  • World

King Charles III's visit rekindles Australia's debate on ending ties to the British monarchy

While the welcome will be warm, Australia's national and state leaders want the royals removed from their constitution.

October 18, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
The Department of Justice is pictured on March 22, 2019 in Washington, D.C.  The DOJ has charged a former Indian intelligence official for allegedly orchestrating a foiled plot to assassinate an American citizen who is a leader in the push for an independent Sikh homeland.

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  • Law

The DOJ charged a former Indian intelligence official in a foiled assassination plot

The indictment against Vikash Yadav points to a direct link between the Indian government and what prosecutors say was a murder-for-hire scheme on American soil.

October 17, 2024
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By:
  • Ryan Lucas
From left: Emma Rady Wanroy and Hannah Johns, who were each adopted from China by U.S. parents. Wanroy, who has become a therapist specializing in working with other adoptees, cautions against narratives that adoption is a happy ending: “Adoptees have all these dangling questions that hang above them that we don't really get answered ever.” Johns, raised in Texas after being found on a street corner in eastern China, says, “I can be grateful, and I can have a great, great relationship with my parents. But …

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  • Global Health

China ends international adoption. Reactions range from shock to relief

The decision has sent shockwaves through the adoption community and angered families still in the process of adopting children from China. We interviewed adoptees in the U.S. to hear their reaction.

October 17, 2024
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By:
  • Emily Feng
Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar looks on as Palestinian Hamas supporters take part in an anti-Israel rally over tension in Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque, in Gaza City, Oct. 1, 2022.

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  • Middle East

Israel says it killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in Gaza

The Israeli military says three militants were killed in an operation in Gaza and intelligence agents are examining whether Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was one of them.

October 17, 2024
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By:
  • James Hider and
  • Daniel Estrin
Hamas' Yahya Sinwar chairs a meeting with leaders of Palestinian factions at his office in Gaza City, April 13, 2022.

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  • World

Who was Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar?

Yahya Sinwar is widely considered to have been the mastermind behind Hamas’ cross-border assault on Israel a year ago.

October 17, 2024
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By:
  • Daniel Estrin and
  • Willem Marx
President Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (right) arrive for the official Group of Seven summit welcome ceremony at Castle Elmau in Krün, Germany, on June 26, 2022.

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  • Europe

'End of an era': Biden heads for a farewell trip to Germany. Here's what to know

It's expected to be a meeting of great political importance — especially for Europe.

October 17, 2024
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By:
  • Esme Nicholson
People prepare bodies for funeral following a tanker explosion in Majiya town, Nigeria, on Wednesday.

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  • Africa

More than 140 people die and dozens are injured in a Nigeria gasoline tanker explosion

More than 140 people, including children, were killed and dozens were injured after an overturned tanker truck exploded in flames while they were trying to scoop up fuel pouring from the vehicle.

October 16, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Mosab Abu Toha and his wife and children are currently living in Syracuse, N.Y., where he is a fellow at the University of Syracuse.

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  • Middle East

'My losses started the day I was born': A poet on what it’s like to call Gaza home

Mosab Abu Toha was able to escape Gaza, along with his wife and three young children. The award-winning poet talks about parenting in war and the devastation of leaving his family and friends behind.

October 16, 2024
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By:
  • Terry Gross
Christopher Columbus landing in America with the Piuzon Brothers bearing flags and crosses, 1492.

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  • Europe

Christopher Columbus may have been a Spanish Jew, according to a new documentary

A recently televised documentary in Spain rekindles competing versions of the famed explorer's origins, but the scientific community is viewing it with caution.

October 16, 2024
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By:
  • Miguel Macias
A tourist rides a camel at the Treasury site in Petra, Jordan, in December 2022. Archaeologists have discovered a hidden tomb at the site.

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  • World

Archaeologists discover 12 skeletons at a buried tomb in Petra, Jordan

The Treasury in Petra, Jordan, is a famous tourist site and features in an Indiana Jones movie. Now archaeologists say they've found a remarkable 12 complete skeletons in a hidden tomb beneath it.

October 16, 2024
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By:
  • James Doubek
Palestinians evacuate the Jabalia refugee camp and the Sheikh Radwan and Abu Iskandar neighborhoods in the northern Gaza Strip on Saturday.

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  • Middle East

Israel threatens to starve out northern Gaza, U.N. aid agencies say

Israel has allowed almost no food aid into north Gaza for two weeks. Humanitarian groups say it leaves 400,000 people with the choice of eventual starvation or fleeing their homes to the south.

October 16, 2024
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  • Daniel Estrin and
  • Aya Batrawy
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